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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
My son has a friend who is constantly making vaguely anti-black racist statements. Once he leaves I try and point out to my son that the things the kid says are wrong, but my kid sees them as more innocent. kids are tough to raise. maybe I should call the kid on them......
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When I lived in Dallas, a lot (!) of people would make homophobic remarks in my presence. It became evident after a while that at least some of the people my age were unaware that people might be offended, so I spoke up. Just kind of pointed out to them that I don't appreciate that kind of humor and that I have a lot of gay friends, etc. It actually was usually a productive thing to do and (I think) led some people to think further about what they were saying and why. Of course some people just assumed I was gay, which was okay too since that sort of thing doesn't bother me. I never had the conversation with the partner who was completely un-PC, because I knew it wouldn't make a difference. What with his "christian" ideals.
